Track-fastening.



H. C. STIGKBL.

TRAUK FABTENING.

APPLIoATlox FILED Jim1: 3,1907.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909 2 BBBETB-BHEET 1` Wmme@ VH. C. STIGKBL.

TRACK FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3,1907. 910,027. Patented .1311.19, 1909-.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

anbauen) HARRY G. STICKEL, OF STAR JUNCTION, PENNSYLVANIA.

TRACK-Furniture.

Specification of Letters Patent:

Patented Jan. 19, 1909;

Appiicmon med Junta, i901. sinn No. 316,956.

` To all 'it may concern:

hereto appende B it known that I, HARRY C. -STIcxEn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Star Junction, in the county of Fayette and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Track-Fastening, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in track fastenings.

The object o f the present'invention is to improve the construction of metallic cross ties, and to provide 'a simple and compara# tively inexpensive metallic cr'o tie, having meansv for fastening the various rails, einplcyed in track construction, without theuse. of spikes, or similar fastening devicesJ'and capable of dispensing with the bolts usually ein loyed in railij oints.

further object of che inventions ,to pw vide a metallic cross tic of this character, adapted to firmly grip the ballast, whereby the cross tie will be prevented from slipping either longitudinally ortransversely. -Witl i these'and other objects inview, the invention.consists'i'n the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter". fully described, illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, and

it being-understood that various chan s in the form, proportion, size and minor. ctailsof` construction, within the sco e of the claims, may be resorted-to witliou departing from the spirit or sacri-l ficing any of the advantages of th'e in veution. l

In the drawings z-Figure -1 is a plan view of portion of a tmc-k provided with metallic cross ties, constructed lin accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is o. horizontal sectional viewcf a portion of the track, illustrati G the arrangement ofthe arts-and a. rail joint. 'Fig'. 3 is asectcnal iew, taken substantially on the lie 3-3 'ef Fig. 2. Fig. 4 js. u. sectional view, taken ,lon tnidinally and the oaf iig.; 3. Iig. 5 is a detail view of a portion otlie crosslie, illustrating the manner of remvi'ng the rails. Fi 6 yis a reverse ilan vieiv of the cross tic s 'own in Fi 4.

'g. 7 i a sectional view on the line 7 of Fig. 1, nd illustratin the construction for sccuringthe rnainrai s, the sido tract rails ard-rails to the cross tie. Fig is a detai sectional view, taken substantially on the line 8-8 of-Fig. 7.4 Fig. 9 is a detall perspective view of one of the side wedges. 1

'and the side notchesare trian minted out V-in 'the claims -a recess .23, located adjacent to the' of a cross tie on the line 1---4l Fig. 10 is a similar'view of one of the nter- -mediate wedges. Fig. 11 is a detail perspective view of the interlocking fish plates, t e parts being separate.

Like numerals of reference. designate oorresponding parts in all the. figures of the drawings. i The metallic cross tie 10, illustrated inA detail in Figs. 4106 inclusive of the drawings, consists of a horizontal baseportio'n 11, a .central vertical longitudinal web or conneet-ing portion 12, and ato portion. 13., The -longitudinal recesses 14, rmed at the sides of the metallic cross tie by the tcp and bottompo'rtioiis and the central connecting. web, are designedtc be filled with theballast of 'a road bed to assist in 'anchoring the metallic cross tie, and the -base portion 1s provided at its lower face with recesses ,'15, and it has. side notches '16 to receive the 4ballast, whereby the cross tie is prevented from slipping either longitudinally or transverse The-bottom recesses 15, which are space apart,`have ',top, side and end walls, ar and form inwardly converging side e Each of the metallic cross ties emp eyed, is constructed in this manner, and they diler only. in-the track clampin means, a single side wed e 17 being emp oyed for clampindg a sing e rail and a similar side wedge an intermediate wedge 18 being used where -two adjacent rails, such asa main rail, and a gal seat 21, located ad'acent to the rail-l 4' a ted to receive a c provided ith i i d' helm; e

en 'n aw 19'and exten ino plagdeglogtlie railseat 21 to recegive the bottom`pcrtio'n of the side wed 17 The side 17 consists of a portion, ro vide at th' bottom with a' ange24 w ich is tapered' gitudinally of thel portion, where when the side wed venbetween the aw 19 and the rail 2 the latter 'will be rm y clamgxe'd against the aw 2Q, and will be securel eld in an iiprig' t pcsition and eiectna y preyented from accidentally spreading cr twisting., The ilano entends into the tapering space beneath A e en ging 'aw'. 20 'and a ruig? 22. lie cross tie is jaw 19, which is set at an inclination. -The space between the rail seat 21 and the 'aw conforms to the conti uration of the a jacent bottom ortion o the rail, as clearly illustrated in ig. 4. The wedge is provided at its rail-engaging face with a longitudinal groove or recess 25, which receives the bottom flange of the rail, whereby the wedge is adapted to abut a inst the web of the rail and extend beneat the bottom flange of the same. The wedge is rovided at the to with a longitudinal ri 26, located at and forming a continuation of the rail-engaging face, and abutting against and supporting the head of the rail, and conforming to the configuration of the same. The side wedge is securely held in engagement with the rail means of a vertically disposed set screw dmounted in a threaded peforation of the we gta-engaging jaw 19 an engaging the upper face of the bottom flange 24. The

.set screw 27- is rovidedwith a poly onal head, and is a apted to beturned y a wrench, or other sbitable tool.

The wedge 17 is located at the inner side of one of the rails 22, and is arran ed at the outer side of the other rail 22, so t at when the wed are removed, the cross tie may be shifted ongitndinally to bring the space between the en ging portions of the jaws 19 and 20 direct y above the bottom lian es of the rail, so that the latter may be casi y re- 22 and the outer sidin moved, as illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings. The rails may-be removed by lifting them out of the spaces between the jaws 19 and 20,-01' the cross tie may be partially rotated to carry the jaws below the plane of the rails. Y

The track 'clam ing means, shown lin des tail in Fi 4l an 5, may also be employed in connection with a rail joint, consisting of fish plates 28 and 29, located between the jaws 20 and the wedge 17 and retained by the same in engugemeiit with the rails. The fish plate 28 is provided with transversely disposed stads 30, which extend through perforations 31 of the ends of the rails and engage registering perforations 32 of the fish plate 29. This construction will obviate the necessity of employing both spikes vand bolts for securing the ends of the rails to the cross ties, and it enables the eiids of the rails to be arranged in the usual manner between two cross ties, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings.

The manner of securing a pair of rails at each end and at an intermediate point of a cross tie, is illustrated in/Fi 7 of the draw ings, where two guard rais 33 and 34 are clamped adjacent to one of the main rails rail 35, and the other main rail 22 and t e inner rail 36 of the siding are clamped to the cross tie 10* at the center thereof. The three track fastenings, shown in Fig. 7, are correspondingly arranged to enable the cross tie to be shifted lon itudinally to ermit the removal of the rai s. The centra and left hand trackas tenings each embodies a rail-engaging jaw 37 and a wedge-enga ing jaw 38 and are constructed exactly a ike while the r' ht hand track fastenin is oi a slightly di -erent construction. Tie cross tie is provided.

adjacent to the rail-engaging jaw with a rail seat 39, and it has a recess 40, extending from the' jaw 38 to a point near the cente'r of the bottom of the adjacent rail. A side wed e 41, similar to the side wedge heretofore described, is interposed between the jaw 38 and the adjacent rail, and is retained in engagement with the rail by a set screw 42.

by the eide wedge.'

he cross tie is also provided with a recess 43, extending from the rail- The intermediate wedge 18, which isseated in the recess 43, is interposed between the adjacent rails and is provided at its engaging side faces with longitudinal grooves or recesses 46 to receive the bottom flanges of the rails, and it is provided at opposite sides of its upper face with ribs 47, which abut a ainst and supportthe heads of the rails. he small end of the wedge is provided with per'orations 48, adapted to receive a split ey 49, which is spread to retain it inone of the perforations 48 and which is adapted to engage one side of the cross tie, whereby the intermediate w e is held against lon itudinal movement. ie rib 44, is arra e centrally of the rail, which 'is engaged y the' side wedge 41, and it forms a firm support for such rail and relieves the recessed ortions of the side and intermediate wedges. 4The right hand track fastening, shown in Fig. 7, embraces s aced wedgeengaging jaws 37 and 38g, he cross tie has side recesses 40 and I9 and an intermediate reccss 43, and these recesses form transverse ribs 44 and 44, which are located cefr'trally 0E the 'bottoms of the rails 34 and Side wedges 41 and 41 are emloyed, and the side wedge 41 is interposed iictween the jaw 3 8 and the adjacent rail and is retained in en agement with the rail by a set screw 42. Te other side wedge 41 is interposed between the jaw 37l and the.

rail 34, andisretained in engagement with the'said rail 34-by a set screw 42. An in, tei-mediate wedge 18, which is seated in the central recess 43, is interposedV between the rails 34 and 35. This wedge, which-is consfnicted in the same manner as the other :ntermediate wedge tudinal movement b instance, the we ranged at the le t hand end of the track fastening means in 7 ofthe drawings,

y a key 49. In each is held against longis eengaging jaw 38 is arso that the cross tie is adapted to be moved longitudinally to arrange the spaces between the jaws 37 and 38 directly below the bottom Hanges of the rails to permit the latter to be either lifted out of the space between the jaws, or the cross tie to be rotated to carry the jaws below the planeet the. rails.

The single rail-clamping means and the double rail-clamping means will, as clearly indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, enable all of the rails of a track equipment t0 be secured to the cross ties without the use of spikes, and the wedges may be madejoi various sizes to suit the space between the rails.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure b v Letters Patent, is

l, The combination of a cross tie provided at its upper face with upwardly projecting spaced rail and wedgefengaging jaws and having a rait seat arranged adjacent to the rail-engaging jaw, said cross tie heilig also provided between the jaws with a recess lo` cated adjacent to the wedgeengaging jaw, a side wedge fitting in the recess and prow vided with a groove to receive the bottom tlange ot' a rail. and means piercing the wedge-engaging jaw t'or retaining the wedge in engagement with the rail.

Q. The combination ot' a eross tie provided with spaced rail and wedge engaging jaws projecting trom the upper tace to the cross tie, a side wedge seated on the cross tie and having its upper portion engaged by the adjacent jaw, and a sel-cw piercing the wedge engaging jaw and engaging the wedge to retain the latter in place.

3. 'Ihe combination ot" a cross tie provided at its upper I'ace with. spaced rail and wedgeengaging jaws and having a rail seat ar ranged adjacent to the rail-engaging jaw, said cross tie being also provided between the jaws with a recess located adjacent to the wcdgc-engaging jaw, a Side wedge fitting in the recess and provided at one side with a groove to receive the bottom flange o't the `rail and havii'ig a tapering tiange at the opposite side, which extends beneath the wedge-engaging jaw, and a screw piercing the wedge engaging jaw and engaging the wedge.

4. The combination with a pair ot adjacent rails, ot a cross tie having spaced integral rail and wedge-engaging jaws projeeting from the upper face of the cross tie, the rail-engaging jaw being in engagement with one otI the rails, a, side wedge interposed between the other jaw and the other rail, and an interim-,diante wedge interposed between and interloched with the rails.

5. The combination with vo adjacent rails, of a cross tioprorided at its upper face with upwardly projecting rail and wedgeengagingjaws and having a rail Seat adjacent to the rail-engaging jaw receiving one of the rails, a side wedge interposed between the other rail and the wedge-engaging jaw, and an intermediate wedge seated on the bottom ot the and interposed between the rails and provided at opposite sides with grooves to receive the bottom iianges of the rails, whereby it is interlocked with the latter.

6. The combination with two adjacent rails, of a cross tie provided at its upper face with upwardly projecting rail and wedge-engaging jaws and having a rail seat adjacent to the rail-engaging jaw receiving one of the rails, a side wedge interposed between the other rail and the wedge-engaging jaw, and an intermediate wedge seated upon the bottom of the recess and interposed between the rails and provided at opposite sides with grooves to receive the. bottom flanges ot the. rails and having ribs at its upper face to engage under the heads of the rails.

7. The combination with two rails, ot a 'cross tie having upwardly projecting rail and wedge-engaging jaws at its upper tace and provided adjacent to the rail-engaging jaw with a seat to recei\e the other rail and having recesses located between the, seat and the wedge-engaging jaw, said cross tie being provided between the recesses with a. projecting rib to receive the 'other rail, a side wedge arranged in and seated upon the bottom of one of the recesses of the cross tie and interposed between the latter rail and the wedge-engaging jaw and provided with a groove for the bottom tiange of such rail, and an intermediate wedge seated in the other recess upon the bottoni thereof and provided at opposite sides with grooves to receive the bottom flanges of the rails.

S. The combination with two rails, of a cross tie provided with spaced jaws projecting upwardly from.` the upper face of the said tic, a side wedge interposed between one of the jaws and the adjacent rail, and an intermediate wedge seated upon the tie inter` posed between, engaging and interlocked with the rails.

9. rlhe combination with two rails, of a cross tie having spaced jaws projecting upwardly from the upper face of the cross tie` intermediate and side wedges interlotvkcd with the rails, and means for' retaining the wedges seated upon the tie between the jaws and in engagement with the rails.

1n testimony, that l claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presenta; of two witnesses.

HARRY f C.y STICK EL.

Witnesses:

iV. J. lIoNn, R. M. Pontoon. 

